Self-binding harvesting-machine.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1903.

No. 725,633. v

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SELF BINDING HARVESTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

MOSES STIMPSON, OF STOWUPLAND, ENGLAND, ASSIGrNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN ROBERT TURNER, OF STOWMARKET, ENGLAND.

SELF-BINDING HARVESTING-MACHINE."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,633, dated April 14, 1903.

Application filed January 7, 1902. Serial No. 88,795. (No model.) I

T whom it l/ con/667"? is connected to a bell-crank f, supported be- Be it known that I, MOSES STIMPSON, a subneath the seat-board g. This crank f is also ject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, connected, by means of a rod h, to another residing at Stowupland, county of Suffolk, cranked rod a, supported in bearingsj on top 55 England, have invented new and useful Imof the seat-board; Fast on this latter rod is provements in Self-Binding Harvesting-Maa foot-lever 70 within easy reach of the drivchines, of which the following is a specificaers foot, his seat being represented atl in its tion. usual position. The bearing-brackets b b are This invention relates to self-binding harsecured to the under side of the delivery-ta- 60 IO vesting-machines, and more particularly to ble or deck m. The cranked end a of the rod an attachment for such machines whereby a is so adjusted as regards height as to rest the driver without stopping the horses or immediately beneath the stop-arm II, of the leaving his seat is enabled to control the stopshipping or trip lever o, the adjustment bearm of the shipping or trip lever of the deing efiected by means of a set-screw 19, se- 65 livery mechanism, and thus release at will a cured in a screw-threaded boss on the part c sheaf or any corn from the delivery-table or and bearing with its lower end on the bracket binder-deck. q,- (of ordinary construction,) supporting the With the self-binding harvesting-machines packers r and the shipping-pinions s s. as at present constructed many annoying, The operation of the attachment is as fol- 7o stoppages are occasioned owing to the delivlows: When the delivery-table of the machine ery mechanism becoming choked or blocked becomes choked or blocked, the driver instead by twisted, laid, or damp corn, which necesof dismounting and depressing the shipping sitates the driver stopping his team, descendor trip lever 0 by hand, as is now usual, and ing from his seat, and releasing the sheaf or thereby raising the stop-arm n to release the 75 corn, as the case may be, by hand, and thus dog tof the clutch-pinion 8, simply depresses much time is lost. the lever is with his foot, and thereby causes, Now the object of this invention is to obthrough the intervention of the rods 6 and h viate this annoyance and Waste of time, and and cranks d and f, the cranked end 0 of the to this end the machine is provided with a red at to rise and lift. the stop-arm at out of 80 simple attachment which can be worked by engagement with the tooth or dog t of the the drivers foot while on his seat and which shipping-pinion s, and thus effect the release disengages the stop-arm of the shipping or of the sheaf or corn, as desired, and permittrip lever from the shipping-pinion of the deting the harvesting to proceed without loss livery mchanisnnand thus releases the sheaf of time. On pressure being removed from 85 5 or any corn that may have got choked from the foot-lever k the trip-lever 0 is returned the delivery-table or binder-deck. to its normal position in'the usual manner by Referring to the accompanying drawings, means of the tension-spring r, attached by Figure 1 showsin side elevation the improved its upper end to the stop-arm n and by its attachment applied to a self-binding harvestlower end to the stationary bracket q. The 90 4o ing-machine, only so much, however, of the ordinary elevator is shown at 1;.

machine being illustrated as concerns the at- When the driver operates the foot-lever 7c tachment. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 is a and so raises the stop-arm 12 out ofengagefront elevation, partly in section, of the same. ment with the dog t, the needle and the pack- The attachment or device (which can be ers are actuated and then bind the corn (even 5 easily adapted to all existing machines) conif only a few straws) into a small bundle or sists of a system of rods and levers and comsheaf. prises a rod' a, suitably supported in bear'- Although the attachment ismoreparticuings b b and formed at its free end into a larly designed to be operated by the foot, yet cranked part c and having at its other end a it is obvious that it might be operated by I00 crank d. To this crank (Z is connected one hand if the foot-lever were extended to a poi end of a rod or link 6, the other end of which sition within reach of the drivers hand.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. In self-binding harvesting-machines,the combination with the stop-arm of the triplever, of adjustable mechanism for operating the stop-arm and comprising a foot-lever, in termediate links and levers, and a cranked rod formed with a screw-threaded boss in the cranked portion thereof and a set-screw fitted in said boss, said set-screw being provided with a head and resting with its point upon the stationary bracket of the packers and shipping-pinions, as set forth.

2. In self-binding harvesting-machines,the combination with the stop-arm of the tripwitnesses.

MOSES STIMPSON. Witnesses:

GEORGE E. MINTERN, WALTER J. SKERTEN. 

